Hello!
In my program I need to compare a long variable with a size_t variable. The
long variable's value is guaranteed to be positive since it's initialised by
a function returning a positive value (or -1L when an error occurs, which I
check for). When I compare these variables with >, I get the warning
"comparison between signed and unsigned". Given that the long variable is
guaranteed to hold a positive value, can I ignore this diagnostic or should
I deal with it in some way?
BTW, I'm having endless trouble getting the hang of C. I can't quite
understand it because I tend to grasp languages pretty quickly. How long
does it take for C to truly 'click'?
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JB
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:26:10 +0100, John Buckley wrote: Hello!
In my program I need to compare a long variable with a size_t variable. The
long variable's value is guaranteed to be positive since it's initialised by
a function returning a positive value (or -1L when an error occurs, which I
check for). When I compare these variables with >, I get the warning
"comparison between signed and unsigned". Given that the long variable is
guaranteed to hold a positive value, can I ignore this diagnostic or should
I deal with it in some way?
There was a thread recently talking about this. The message ID of the
first post was
<mI************ *****@newsread3 .news.pas.earth link.net>
In <bn**********@n ewsg2.svr.pol.c o.uk> "John Buckley" <us**@example.n et> writes: In my program I need to compare a long variable with a size_t variable. The
long variable's value is guaranteed to be positive since it's initialised by
a function returning a positive value (or -1L when an error occurs, which I
check for). When I compare these variables with >, I get the warning
"comparison between signed and unsigned". Given that the long variable is
guaranteed to hold a positive value, can I ignore this diagnostic or should
I deal with it in some way?
The best thing to do, if you trust your C skills, is to disable (or not
enable) this warning. Most of the time (or all the time if you know what
you're doing) it is merely a source of noise. gcc -Wall, for example,
does not enable such warnings, leaving them for the masochists who also
use -W.
BTW, I'm having endless trouble getting the hang of C. I can't quite
understand it because I tend to grasp languages pretty quickly. How long
does it take for C to truly 'click'?
It depends on how much time you spend trying to understand the language,
rather than playing with it. After reading K&R2 and the c.l.c FAQ, you
should have a fairly clear idea about the language, including most of the
darker spots.
Dan
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